About this quote

Children notice what adults try hard to hide. We build elaborate facades of maturity, yet our private lives are often messy and chaotic. Do you still pretend to have everything under control? Accepting your own contradictions makes it easier to tolerate the bizarre behavior of the people around you. Stop looking for perfect logic in human behavior and just watch the show.

When to use it

• You find out your usually serious, straight-laced father secretly collects vintage wind-up tin toys and hides them in the attic.
• Your corporate boss, known for strict budget meetings, accidentally shares a screen showing a highly detailed spreadsheet ranking local bakeries by their chocolate chip cookies.
• You visit an older colleague's house for dinner and notice they have a room dedicated entirely to elaborate, miniature model trains that they never mention at the office.